Members of the NYS Nurses Association, NY Physicians for a National
Health Program, DC 37, Local 436 of the United Federation of Nurses
and Epidemiologists, and other health care organizations, along with
Occupy Wall Street demonstrated at City Hall protesting that thousands
of New Yorkers who are homeless, or trapped in their homes without
power, without elevator service, and heat and hot water are experiencing
a health emergency. The healthcare responders recounted their
experiences and articulated the medical services needed for the
hurricaneâs victims in Staten Island, the Rockaways, Coney Island, and
Red Hook. They also emphasized the need to expedite reopening local
clinics and Coney Island and Bellevue Hospitals to provide care for their
communities.
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